College Foundation, Inc. Announces First Winners of Victor E. Bell, Jr. Scholarship

    RALEIGH, N.C., Dec. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- College Foundation,
 Inc. (CFI) has announced the first 10 winners of the new Victor E. Bell,
 Jr. Scholarship. The scholarship is named in honor of the visionary former
 chairman of the CFI Board of Trustees who served for thirty years and left
 a strong legacy of service to North Carolina. The Bell Scholarship will
 encourage high potential North Carolina seventh grade students to aspire to
 a college education.
 
 
 
     Winners of the 2007 Victor E. Bell, Jr. Scholarship awards are:
 
 
 
 
    Lauren M. Britt
     Sycamore Lane Middle School
     Laurinburg, N.C.
 
     Courtney P. Carter
     Magnolia Elementary School
     Lumberton, N.C.
 
     Asya T. Cofield
     Wake Forest-Rolesville Middle School
     Wake Forest, N.C.
 
     Ashleigh F. Goforth
     Asheville Middle School
     Asheville, N.C.
 
     Toni Hunter
     Selma Middle School
     Selma, N.C.
 
     Lindsey B. Locklear
     Statesville Middle School
     Statesville, N.C.
 
     Amanda Snuggs
     North Asheboro Middle School
     Asheboro, N.C.
 
     Imani M. Stewart
     Valley Springs Middle School
     Arden, N.C.
 
     Brantley D. Sutton
     P.S. Jones Middle School
     Washington, N.C.
 
     Ingrid L. Tablazon
     Hanes Middle School
     Winston Salem, N.C.
 
 
     Individual awards are $2,000 per year, from middle school through the
 fourth year of college, up to a maximum total of $20,000 per recipient, as
 long as the recipient continues to meet annual renewal criteria. Awards are
 contributed to an account in the North Carolina 529 plan with the
 individual recipient named as the beneficiary of the account.
 
 
 
     Nominations are by invitation only to middle school counselors and
 principals, as well as selected college readiness/access groups across the
 state. CFI held a random drawing to choose six recipients from nominations
 submitted by counselors and principals, with a selection made from each of
 six regions of North Carolina, currently defined by telephone area code.
 Three additional recipients were drawn from nominations received from
 college readiness/access groups, and another recipient was drawn from the
 combination of remaining nominees.
 
 
 
     College Foundation, Inc., a nonprofit corporation serving North
 Carolina students and families since 1955, administers a portfolio of $3
 billion in low-interest education loans, the state's college grant programs
 and the tax-free "529" college savings program on behalf of the State
 Education Assistance Authority. Website: www.CFNC.org. Toll-free number:
 1-866-866-CFNC.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

SOURCE College Foundation, Inc.